Occurrence dataset Registered August 03, 2012
Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Vertebrates
Description
The Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections (formerly the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection - TCWC), is the natural history collection maintained by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University in College Station Texas.
Geographic scope
- Description
Collection geographic strengths are Texas, United States, Mexico, Central and South America. Aquatic holdings are strong from Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, and freshwater locals as above.
- Bounding box
- Latitude
- From -90 to 90
- Longitude
- From -180 to 180
Temporal scope
- range
- January 01, 1877 - December 31, 1877
Taxonomic scope
- Description
Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections (TCWC Vertebrates) include collections of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and fishes.
- Coverage
- BirdsMammalsFishesReptilesAmphibians
Metrics
Additional info
In most cases geospatial data are available for specimens in our collection. To request more detailed locality information please contact us.
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Contacts
- Organization
- Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
- Position
- Curator
- Address
- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, TAMU 2258
- Roles
- Originator
Metadata author
Administrative point of contact - Phone
- Organization
- VertNet
- Position
- VertNet Programmer
- Roles
- Programmer
- Organization
- VertNet
- Position
- VertNet Coordinator
- Roles
- Programmer
- Organization
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
- Position
- Information Architect
- Roles
- Programmer
- Organization
- Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
- Position
- Curator
- Roles
- Point of contact
- Organization
- Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
- Position
- Curator
- Roles
- Point of contact
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- August 03, 2012
- Metadata last modified
- May 13, 2024
- Publication date
- May 13, 2024
- Hosted by
- VertNet
- Installation
- IPT - Hosted by VertNet
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/szomia
- Alternative identifiers
Citation
Prestridge H (2024). Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Vertebrates. Version 9.6. Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/szomia accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-03.